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Etymology See also: Nicknames of Iloilo City The name "Iloilo" is derived from the older name "Ilong-ilong" meaning "nose-like", referring to the promontory between two rivers (Iloilo and Batiano) where the Fort San Pedro and the 17th-century Spanish port were located. History Pre-colonial period See also: Hinilawod Images from the Boxer Codex (c. 1595), illustrating ancient Visayans The ...
The richest 10 percent, meanwhile, took a larger share of the income at 41.7 percent in 1980, up from 37.1 percent in 1970. [61] According to the FIES (Family Income and Expenditure Survey) conducted from 1965 to 1985, poverty incidence in the Philippines rose from 41 percent in 1965 to 58.9 percent in 1985.
e. The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
The San Juanico Bridge [6] ( Filipino: Tulay ng San Juanico; Waray: Tulay han San Juanico) is part of the Pan-Philippine Highway and stretches from Samar to Leyte across the San Juanico Strait in the Philippines. [2] Its longest length is a steel girder viaduct built on reinforced concrete piers, and its main span is of an arch-shaped truss design.
Prehistory of the Philippines. Followed by. Colonial era. The recorded history of the Philippines between 900 and 1565 begins with the creation of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription in 900 and ends with the beginning of Spanish colonization in 1565. The inscription records its date of creation in 822 Saka (900 CE).
Historic maps of the Philippines. Historic maps of the Philippines. This category is for historic maps showing all or part of the Philippines. See subcategories for smaller areas. "Historic maps" means maps made over seventy (70) years ago. Where to categorize or find maps of the Philippines made in the last 70 years.
Poverty incidence of Abra 10 20 30 40 50 2006 49.28 2009 48.85 2012 37.36 2015 28.94 2018 18.63 2021 15.80 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority As of 1990 there were 743 cottage industries in Abra of which 208 are registered with the Department of Trade and Industry. 59% are engaged in bamboo and rattan craft making, both leading industries in the area. Abra's economy is agriculture-based ...
This article covers the history of the current Philippine republican state following the 1986 People Power Revolution, known as the Fifth Philippine Republic . The return of democracy and government reforms beginning in 1986 were hampered by national debt, government corruption, coup attempts, disasters, a persistent communist insurgency, [1 ...